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The Joint EBJIS-MSIS 2026 Conference
17 - 19 September, 2026 | Porto, Portugal
EP068
First Clinical Use Worldwide of Electric Fields for the Treatment of Prosthetic Knee Infection
Poster Presenter
Authors
Lluís Font Vizcarra, Fabian Ruiz Gonzalez, Mireia Lalanza Martinez, Estíbaliz Oruetxebarria Garcia, Isabel Mur Arizon, Laura Soldevila Boixader, Raquel Cliville Abad, Anna Murgadella Sancho, Camen Alborch Gil, Ana Guadalupe Coloma Conde
Affiliations
Consorci Sanitari Integral- Hospital Mois?s Broggi, Spain, CLILAB Diagnostics, Spain, Consorci Sanitari Integral- Hospital Mois?s Broggi
Part of Topic
Case Report
First clinical use worldwide of electric fields for the treatment of prosthetic knee infection
L. Font-Vizcarra1, F. Ruiz1, M. Lalanza1, E. Oruetxebarria1, I. Mur2, L. Soldevila2, R. Cliville3, A. Murgadella4, C. Alborch5, A. Coloma2
1 Trauma and OrthopaedicDepartment, 2 Infection Disease -Internal Medicine Department, 3 Microbiology Department -ClilabDiagnòstics, 4 Department of Hospital Pharmacy, 5 Department of Pathology
Introduction & Aims
Development of a Technology based on electric fields to enable electrolytic cleaning of metallic implants
Case presentation
First Clinical use worldwide for the treatment (compassionate-use approach) of a chronic prosthetic joint infection.
Results
No clinical or laboratory signs of infection recurrence after 6 months of follow-up
Full range of motion
Pain-free, with normal function and no walking aids
Conclusions
Favorable outcome in this first case of chronic PJI, despite being outside the primary target indication of the technology: acute PJI treated with DAIR and implant retention.
A prospective clinical study in a larger cohort of last-resort patients